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Lead Product Designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Epidemic Sound 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
The Lead Product Designer will set creative standards and design direction across multiple product teams while working directly in the build loop with engineering. They are responsible for evolving the design system for both human and AI agents and ensuring high-quality user outcomes through research and data-driven decisions.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fanduel 🇬🇧 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead large, ambiguous product initiatives while driving design quality and consistency across multiple teams. Build strategic partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver evidence-based, user-centered design solutions.
Design Manager
🇸🇦 AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia
Atkinsréalis 🇸🇦 AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will oversee Lead Design Consultants during RIBA stages 1-4 to ensure project objectives, design quality, and statutory compliance are met. They are responsible for managing design reviews, coordinating stakeholder reporting, and evaluating the impact of design changes on project time and cost.
Staff Product Designer
🇦🇷 Argentina
Deel 🇦🇷 Argentina
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives and drive the adoption of the Deel UI/Design System across vertical and horizontal projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user experiences while mentoring other product designers.
Lead Product Designer, London, UK
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Careers At Eucalyptus 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
You will own a problem area end-to-end, from research and design to delivery and measurement, without waiting for specifications. You are expected to drive commercial outcomes while ensuring designs build trust and maintain clinical safety in a regulated market.
Staff Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Legora 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead design across multiple product areas to create coherent workflows and shape overall product strategy. Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver high-quality interaction and visual designs while implementing AI-driven design outcomes.
Sr. Manager, Physical Design Engineering, Annapurna Labs
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Build and lead a world-class physical design team to deliver multi-billion-transistor ML accelerator SoCs on advanced technology nodes. Provide hands-on technical leadership for critical decisions including floorplan architecture, timing convergence, and 2.5D/3D integrations.
Senior Staff Product Designer - AI
🇵🇱 Poland
Deel 🇵🇱 Poland
Lead the design vision and strategy for Deel's AI vertical, focusing on conversational interfaces, AI agents, and intelligent automation. You will codify craft standards, mentor other designers, and partner with engineering and product leadership to integrate AI seamlessly across the platform.
Lead Product Designer - Connectivity
🇵🇱 Poland
Deel 🇵🇱 Poland
Lead the design of Deel's Connectivity platform, focusing on API ecosystems, developer tools, and AI-powered customer experiences. This hybrid role involves managing a small design team while remaining a hands-on individual contributor to ship high-quality UX.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇬🇧 Wellow, England, United Kingdom
Deel 🇬🇧 Wellow, England, United Kingdom
Lead growth-focused design initiatives to improve user activation, engagement, and retention. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype, test, and iterate on growth hypotheses using data insights.
Staff Design System Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Deel 🇵🇹 Portugal
Lead the evolution, documentation, and adoption of Deel's design system across web and mobile platforms. Develop scalable technical components and automate design-to-engineering workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Staff/Lead Product Designer, Design System
🇫🇮 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
Iceye 🇫🇮 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
You will build and scale a comprehensive design system from scratch, including Figma libraries, token architecture, and documented code components. You will also collaborate closely with frontend engineers and advocate for system adoption across the organization.
Senior UX Researcher
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Adib 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior UX Researcher will lead research planning and execution to support the design and development of digital banking products. They are responsible for gathering user insights through various methodologies and presenting actionable findings to stakeholders.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Whitewall 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end delivery of multidisciplinary creative projects across brand, digital, and motion channels from brief to execution. Provide creative leadership by mentoring junior designers and ensuring high standards of visual and written communication.
UX Designer - Skap digitale brukeropplevelser som gjør en forskjell.
🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
Head Energy As 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
The UX Designer will lead the design process from user insight and concept development to prototyping, testing, and implementation. They will collaborate with product managers and developers to create intuitive digital solutions that provide value to both users and the business.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.